<p>Hi. I am a rising senior and have a question about class rank. My high school is in a rural town so there's less than 100 kids in my class. I also go to a school with REALLY inflated grades (we have 15 people with 4.0's, and it isn't because they're all overachievers.) Also, our school doesn't weight our GPA.</p>
<p>Here's the problem: my high school has NO college predatory classes. So I decided to go to the local 4-year state university in my junior year to study full-time because I wanted a more rigorous education than I was getting. The problem is, my grades slipped from a solid 4.0 my freshman/sophomore year to a 3.3 my junior year, which averages to roughly a 3.6-3.7. This means I'm not even in the top third of my class, because we don't rank. </p>
<p>I'm not sure what to do. Most scholarships rely on class rank, and I can't afford to go even to a state school without them. If it helps, I have a 30 on my ACT, and I'm a very strong musician who has gone to all-state looking for a music ed program. Will colleges look at the rigor of my classes? I will have taken two years worth of real college classes from a somewhat highly regarded state school.</p>